Investing in education has proven global impact, but the sector is repeatedly under-funded and under-resourced. Canada has a real opportunity to show global leadership on education and to help fill this funding gap.

In August 2017, Members of Parliament (MPs) Yasmin Ratansi, Matt Jeneroux, and Iqra Khalid joined RESULTS Canada staff on a parliamentary delegation to Ethiopia. The objective of the delegation was to provide Canadian Parliamentarians with the opportunity to see firsthand the impact of Canadian development investments in reducing rates of malnutrition and advancing early childhood development. Here are some …

Learn about solutions to poverty, improve your advocacy skills, be part of a community committed to change! This popular conference features speakers, presentations, singing and workshops in beautiful downtown Victoria. There is a meet ’n greet on Friday night and a group dinner on Saturday night.

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Email Tracy Koebel with your contact information and specify full or part-time attendance

Every year, 9 million people are infected with tuberculosis and one third of them (3 million people) will never even be diagnosed. TB REACH focuses specifically on finding and diagnosing cases of tuberculosis in the most vulnerable, hardest to reach regions of the world. We must thank our government for the incredible December pledge to the Global Fund to …

RESULTS Canada, UK, Australia, and the US are joining together on a global webinar to hear from Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education, about increasing access to education for the 57 million children who are unable to attend school. This is a unique opportunity for us to work as a global community to advocate for increased education funding.

From 28 April to 2 May, RESULTS staff, board members, and volunteers will once again be taking the challenge to eat and drink on $1.75 a day for 5 days. The challenge represents the daily reality faced by the 1.2 billion people who live in extreme poverty and survive on $1.75 every day for everything.

Join us for a conversation with Mr. Mayunga, a Tanzania child health doctor, about the importance of vaccines and immunizations in reducing child mortality.

Since 2010, the Canadian-driven Muskoka Initiative has greatly improved child mortality, but more progress is needed. In 2012, more than 6.6 million children under the age of five died from preventable diseases.

On the eve of Prime Minister Harper’s “Saving Every Women, Every Child” Summit, RESULTS Canada, in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs and the GAVI Alliance, will be hosting a pre-summit event.

As the recent measles outbreaks in Canada demonstrate, infectious diseases have no borders. Children all over the world must receive routine immunizations to prevent these diseases from …

Come celebrate Canada’s leadership in saving the lives of millions of mothers, newborns and children, around the world. Learn how Canadian organizations are working to end global maternal, newborn and child mortality – in a family-friendly environment …

Annually, RESULTS citizen advocates from around the globe gather together for the RESULTS International Conference (IC) in Washington, D.C. The IC offers inspiring, high-level speakers; educational workshops on effective poverty solutions; advocacy skills training; and the experience of lobbying on Capitol Hill. All of this happens in an atmosphere of passion, collaboration, support, and fun. The conference culminates with meetings …

Learn about how to maintain momentum for the Millennium Development Goals and beyond on our monthly national call! This month’s call will feature guest speaker Shannon Kindornay of the North-South Institute

On 18 August 2014 there will only be 500 days left until we reach the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Are you ready to be inspired? If so, join RESULTS for a three-session book discussion via conference call with RESULTS founder and author Sam Daley-Harris. Sam will lead us in a discussion of the 20th anniversary edition of Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break between People and Government. Read the book along with others around the U.S., Canada, and world, and then …

Around the world right now, 57 million primary school aged children are not in school, and many more children who are in school are failing to acquire basic reading, writing and numeracy skills. We’ve made astounding progress since 1999, when 108 million primary school aged children were out of school; however, the poorest, most marginalized and hardest to reach children …

Join Geoff Adlide—Director, Advocacy and Public Policy at Gavi: the Vaccine Alliance—in a discussion about how a fully funded Gavi can reduce child mortality around the world & how you can take action to ensure every child receives life-saving vaccines.

Gavi is an international organisation that was created in 2000 to improve access to new and underused vaccines …

The RESULTS uOttawa group is hosting an event for University of Ottawa students and members of the community to raise awareness for accessible vaccines for children, in the fight against extreme poverty. During the event, we will learn how we can use our collective political power to make a positive change. The event is bilingual.

The Knowledge Network on Children and Youth hosts the Innovation & Impact Fair annually, to showcase projects focused on the well-being of children and youth to development practitioners, the academic community, researchers, leaders, opinion-shapers, media, interested businesses and the …

The struggles faced by TB patients around the world are varied, and yet all too similar at the same time. In this webinar, we will discuss the current state of TB worldwide, including some of the biggest challenges facing patients and the healthcare community today. We are honoured to have Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership …

Half of the world has too much food-which increases food waste and rising prices-and the other half has almost nothing. Malnutrition is both the result of poverty and a cause of poverty. 2.6 million children continue to die each year from malnutrition, …

Join your community at Pagliacci’s Restaurant and Mayor Lisa Helps to support the end of extreme poverty. Music, Inspiration and Information. Support the members of RESULTS Canada, who will be living for 5 days on $1.75 per day.

LIVE BELOW THE LINE is a simple but powerful campaign to raise awareness for the 1.2 billion people who live on less than …

Join RESULTS Canada Communications Officer, Jolene Hansell, as she takes you through all the great advocacy tools/resources we have on the RESULTS Canada website, shows you how use the discussion boards/activist publication database, and much much more!

We will also be releasing our NEW Grassroots Communications Handbook with lots of new tools and resources for you to continue doing all the great …

This fall, Canadians will head to the polls for the first federal election in four years. Much has happened since 2011—Malala Yousafzai became a world renowned champion for education, Gavi contributed to 67 vaccine introductions and campaigns, 640,000 lives were saved and 12.8 million TB infections were prevented thanks to TB REACH.

RESULTS Canada is hosting an ‘’advocacy 101’’ training session for anyone interested in learning more about how to influence decision makers and create international change around issues connected to extreme poverty.

The session will explore the fundamental principles of advocacy as well as the opportunity posed by the upcoming federal election campaign to shed light on international development solutions and the …

The RESULTS Canada Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. EST via conference call. The call will last approximately 1 hour, and we will be joined by our guest speaker Sam Daly-Harris, founder of RESULTS.

Sam Daley-Harris founded the first RESULTS in the United States in 1980, and is the author of Reclaiming …

With nearly 30 years of history, RESULTS Canada (RC) has made amazing achievements and been through numerous phases lead solely by volunteers’ dedication, energies and talents. These grassroots advocates have built a strong base, permitting RC to combine their efforts with hired staff to support the organization’s development and mission.

However, our context in 2015 brings new particularities. We want to update our active community on …

This fall, Canadians will head to the polls for the first federal election in four years. It’s time to make your voices heard! If we want to see a commitment to ending poverty across the world in our parties’ platforms, we must demand it.

Let’s ensure that Canada prioritizes international development and the lives of the poor by committing to increase our …

Each year, RESULTS’ citizen advocates from around the globe gather together for the RESULTS International Conference (IC) in Washington, D.C. The IC offers inspiring, high-level speakers; educational workshops on effective poverty solutions; advocacy skills trainings; and the experience of advocating to development leaders based in Washington, including the World Bank. Not to mention spending time together with people from all …

Canada’s financial support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is one of our best defences in the fight against one of the deadliest diseases of poverty. Our investments in the Global Fund must continue to grow until we have eradicated tuberculosis once and for all.

On September 25th, 193 world leaders will gather at a UN summit in New York to commit to 17 Global Goals to end extreme poverty, improve access to health and education, and eradicate disease in the next 15 years. This is history in the making and you can be a part of it!

The newly-elected Liberal Government has strongly stated that they wish to re-engage with the world, presenting a positive opportunity for us to guide our decision-makers around global poverty issues. But where should we start?

We are building a community of online advocates whose mission is to create a better world for all.

Join us on February 24th at 7pm (ET) for our first gathering to learn more about Canada’s role on the global stage and what citizens can do to make a difference. This is an introductory call so anyone and everyone is welcome! You …

This year’s World Tuberculosis Day on March 24th will be marked with the unfortunate distinction that we have now allowed this preventable, curable disease to become the world’s biggest communicable killer. The millenniums-old lung disease tuberculous (TB) now outranks even HIV/AIDS in the number of lives it claims—over 1.5 million a year.

The RESULTS Canada National Conference is a biennial event that brings together Canadians, global experts, seasoned advocates and key decision-makers to learn, inspire and empower participants to create a more just world.

By joining our 2016 Conference, you will get the most up-to-date information on global poverty issues from national and international experts, learn new techniques and refine your skills for making positive change with a community of active citizens, and meet Canadian members of Parliament to speak out about global poverty.

Despite the fact that vulnerable women are at greater risk of malnutrition than men and more girls die of malnutrition than boys, the world has made little measurable progress in addressing the specific nutritional needs of women, adolescents, and girls living in developing countries. That’s why the upcoming Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark will mark a key global health …

The RESULTS Pacific Regional Conference has been held annually for over 15 years, alternating between Washington State and British Columbia. In 2016 it will be at the University of Victoria from May 13th to 15th. Starting with dinner Friday evening and ending with lunch on Sunday, we will pack the intervening period with well-known speakers, educational sessions and workshops all …

Malnutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of all deaths among children under the age of five worldwide. Lack of access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food is one of the major obstacles to reducing poverty.

But you can put an end to this. By joining the Road to Rio challenge, you …

We only have one more month to submit our recommendations to Canada’s international assistance review, which will determine how our foreign development aid is spent. It is a rare opportunity for us, as citizens committed to ending extreme poverty, to recommend action on the issues we care about the most.

We must show our Government that we care about development and request that …

One quarter of children under age five worldwide are stunted, which means that due to inadequate nutrition their cognitive and physical capacity has been irreversibly damaged.

Investing in young children through Early Childhood Development programs by ensuring they have the right stimulation, nurturing and nutrition, is one of the smartest investments a country can make to address inequality, break the cycle …

Canada is back on the global stage! In order to build on this momentum, this month’s action sheet will focus on thanking Canada for hosting the Global Fund Replenishment Conference and taking the lead in the fight to end AIDS, TB and Malaria; and will ask the Government of Canada to increase overseas development assistance, in order to meet the 0.7% …

RESULTS Canada is hosting a morning round table discussion at the University of British Columbia on September 29, 2017. If you or those in your network are involved in the Canadian global health R&D sector please consider attending and/or share this across your own network.

We need to hear directly from you on the opportunities, gaps and best practices in …

If you are interested in joining RESULTS Canada as an advocate to end extreme poverty, then sign up for our monthly Introductory Call on October 1st at 6:30 pm EDT. On the call you will learn more about RESULTS Canada and what we do, virtually meet other advocates from across the country, and learn about our current issue of …

Are you looking to expand your skills and learn how to make a difference in the world?

In our advocacy training session, we’ll share with you how RESULTS Canada is empowering everyday citizens to become powerful advocates to end extreme poverty and how you can join our community of change-makers.